Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-28

TAs csnpA.y's onslalu 0.ln sAss ny
Have Net Cs.ssnsea % Ar6ltruss
Nor Do nes EzDsss sa.

~ Iha ava crews over wharf ~
tEcunle aElEt1ate ere % b. gnpp. rsed (
ne meantlme b. nnaneias Aid ff1Fa ne
esnplayeEA Toi1 decision Baa reaehee
9fsef Z ccufeEsnee with 6apeslnte tenaeai
e8eiEsxd e hia olIcs last nirht. The
eanuitt1e fhen tct1rned % their ulesk
ing plsee b PoEk Riohnoad and after
several hears dieraasicn decided % suh,
Uik tbeIf case % arbitration. In thr
afteFnso1 theEB had been eaRsisa re-
olulian q pFcpusn afhil1ntion % the AZ.
asiale. Mr. cWel9Hrd mel ne o8mmiklae
aF8eigngly and assured tksn ihaA snah
plan woAid be entirely aaRoaahfa d
khe railroad. There we're xnrr1ear
melneexs Of the colnmlklee, rsplesankEnr
ali Ggctieus Of khe road. The dcnsaiun
OF ahe kinahla In RssdinQ YESTERDAY
not 10 strike Is sappossd % haVe had
some inhaencs upon the action Of ths
board.
An trains are moving on the Rsadina
FAiiread this afternoon and no fnEsheI
trouble Is aniieipated. Nearly ali NE
employees reported for duty promptly
e I o'clock a the various freight and
depot yards. % vel - those employed
at the coal wharves e. Port Rschmoed.
TIE veEk Of moving the coal trains and
transferring ff0m cars 10 vessels At The
wharf was 81 onea begun and thaEe vas
very littls evidences Of the great strike
uhich for the past few days haa threat.
ened 10 paraly8s the business Of she en-
tire Reading railroad aysfem. Qaite Q
number Of employees Ia the various
branches failed 20 report. but The Oh.
eiala state that these have perhaps besn
celebrating ChFisImas too enth nsiasti-
ealiy, and their places viii be kept
open for them few days.
srATBlGHEx nEEuD.
General Superintendent Sueigart this
morning denied the statement thai be
bad agreed With abs knights 10 submit
the. disputed question 20 arhizatoEs.
He satd that tha company wonia
not taks back the men who we're dis
charged for refusing 10 deliver tbs ears
70 TayloF's elevator.
General MAnaceF MoLsod, OF the
Phigadelphia a Reading Railroad CON-
pany, this afternoon said that the 70
port that the ReadiuQ company had
agreed 30 erbitrate "a absolutely false.
Tkere Is nothing TO discuss, much less
aEbitFata. The man discharged we're
not and will not be taken back. Tbe
neu nen employed ghen the old onas
vent oua Will net Be- discharged 10 maks
room for the old ones, and ell tue latter
havs been notified that II lhsy desire to
retain their places they must return 10
woEk immediaioly aud unoonditionally,
and als have returned under that order
90 far as places were lsft for them. Be
aides, the leaders at p n Richmond,
who brought on the BtEike. have heea
discharged, and will net BE- allowed
again II the company's service.
max1Hz0ANz omCuLAa.
A cisealar was issued from she Reasr.
81 office nf tbs Reading Oompany this
RffafHDon, addressed 70 9eueFA Mana
ger McKssod, setting forth that the strike
b 6 developed toe fsoF that many old
ard faithfni enpio, es have been eon-
eit~d TO Join "a organization known as
t2s Knights Of Labor. Toe cirpalaF far
tier says: "While the ReedtnR Raj
F9so has never objected 70 isa employees
vslantary oonnectine themselves with
any labor ofnaBization they may zee d.
Il wfH protect them at any caEt from
being forced into any union where their
owp wiah would Be- 20 Fumatn free, end
any empioye Ruilsg Of using any nndne
OF impFoper ieAaence over tho Eaen 10
compel them 10 join any society against
their free will, upon proof being fur
nished, will be Instantly dismissed from
ths sarvIea and never be allowed 70 re-
turn TO Il. !"
RHBUamD TO nErunu.
sHAMoKm, Pc, Dee. H.-The Read
inr strikers at this point refused 10 re-
turn 10 wokk today beosdse the ceua-
pauy would not re-employ Dispatcher
Hnntlsy, master workman Of the as
sstnbly, ard several laborefs on coal
uho have been discharged. IL ie not
possible thaA the coal OF local freight
lrsino will ooniinas under the present
aud therefore She ool-
IieTies will not be Wskked tomorrow.
III feeling is manifested.
PncmRr wcRx AT READING.
RnAprRa, Pa, Dec. 2T.--So promptly
we're the coal cars taken ca 10 Port
Richmond anA unloaded that tor light
ahe iral empty coal trains uaRssa
through Beading bound for the coal
regions. The moss excitinr scenes Of
tee strike we're Witnessed this uoon,
vken ab0ut twenty-five bEoiberhoo3
eueinesRs, Who WegB obliged to leave the
aHorvioa IL 1871, we're Qiyea en.
Rines and peFmassDt posltions. They
took the places Of engineers Wbo either
failed 70 report becauss thsy live too
far auay or bad refused 90 take tksir
engines and vete peFsmpiofily ordered
Every man Who hao dur
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ordeFs or had lsft bis post because of
the kniEhi Of labor orders Vas refused
smpisymsnt. There ives quite large
nnmbsF of these. and some Of the
appsals MADE 10 Rst baek we're piiifal
10 bahold. The n0n-union men ready
10 taxa tho saEikers' places nilsd Raad-
inQ today from the naighboFibg towns
by hundreds.
uHPLHAsAEx sKNTEMHnz. -
ParxApEErn1A, Dec. IA special
from Reading says that the strike has
developed the existenoo Of an unpleas-
snt esnaImant beaueen The KsiRhts Of
LsboT aBd the BFothefhoud uf Loenm1
tivs EnainesFs. The latter & b reiiahly
stated, offered 10 fnFniah al The msn
that might Be neoded 20 take ont the
trains. there I76 engineers IN this city
aad vieiniiy, al brolhernOod men, who
uers discharged BY the former pFesideai
og tbs Reading railroad, Rrenkiin B.
Gowsn. Their places wsre taken By
non union men Who n0w helona % the
Knights Of Labor. Tbs Iaitsg were then
known a. sncaha" and fnH o long time
there vas . bitter feelinRin the eamEnr
nifty aRafnst them, especially sa. the
Fio1s duEinR Tie s1Fiks Of 1877 Ia this
city resulted 10 an attack b. the foastb
re insnt In vhfoh a6ont q doEsn ueB
we're killed ana sssaniy-6vs OF eiahfy
were ueu1dsd. Ths famiilEa thas then
suffered apd their aympa1hizeEs have
never fosRiVau TIE men Who toek the
piaes e tie bFotnerbood enEiuseEz
Al tie engineers employed % The
ikssdinz railroad pgiof % lhs irosbis Of
1871, are beng beard frum- 1hey de-
sire 70 return 10 their '.hrss love- and
we're anxious for revsnas.
GFF 10 .rmE PaRG
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